How To Avoid Ciso Burnout
Heller Search Associates, Friday, July 19th, 2024
CISOs report high levels of stress. Automated tools can help ease the burden, but management can help by prioritizing risks and protecting them from unnecessary paperwork.
If your chief information security officer is looking stressed, they have good reason. They are on 24/7/365 alert against global networks of always active hackers. They also have to understand and comply with an ever-lengthening list of regulations and prove their compliance.
It is no wonder that nearly three quarters of CISOs experience burn out, according to a 2023 study of 1,600 cybersecurity leaders conducted by security firm Proofpoint. This is bad not only for the CISO but for their employer, as the CISO either takes their hard to replace skills elsewhere or stays and does an inadequate job.
The stresses are real at companies of every size. Here is why I see CISOs getting overwhelmed, how to detect their burnout and most importantly how to prevent it.